'Unbelievably beautiful': Smoke from a huge Russian volcano is seen billowing above the clouds in stunning images taken from SPACE

These incredible photographs show the highest active volcano in Eurasia as seen from the International Space Station.
Cosmonaut Dr Sergey Ryazansky, 42, captured these photos of the volcano Klyuchevskaya Sopka located on the north-eastern Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula.
The images show smoke billowing from the huge volcano, which has an elevation of 4,750 metres (15,580 feet) and is the largest active volcano in the Northern Hemisphere.
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THE KLYUCHEVSKAYA SOPKA The Klyuchevskaya Sopka started a new eruption cycle in January 2007 and the last large eruption was recorded... read more

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